Multi-decadal increases in shrub abundance in non-riverine red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) woodlands occur during a period of complex land-use history

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-170

  Price, Jodi N ^a,b   Morgan, John W ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECADAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; SHRUB; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GRAMPIANS NATIONAL PARK; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; VICTORIA VALLEY [VICTORIA];

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM; MYRTACEAE; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 69249153020     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT07079     Document Type: Article

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